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Forest Hill man in child, domestic abuse case pleads not guilty

Here are mugshots received from Central Louisiana law enforcement agencies for the week of Aug. 6, 2018. A criminal charge is a formal accusation that someone has committed a crime. All those pictured are innocent until proven guilty. To view those held in Rapides Parish detention facilities, go to www.rpso.org/inmates/all.

A Forest Hill man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges from a domestic violence incident in which a child was hospitalized.

Matthew Dexter Wainwright did not appear before 9th Judicial District Court Judge Greg Beard, nor did his attorney, George Higgins III. But a waiver of his not guilty plea had been filed with the court.

Wainwright, 31, was arrested by the Rapides Parish Sheriff's Office after a Nov. 4 incident in which he was accused of assaulting an adult and a 5-year-old child. The child was treated at a local hospital, but then was flown to an out-of-parish hospital for further treatment.

He was charged with two counts of second-degree cruelty to juveniles, three counts of second-degree kidnapping, five counts of obstruction of justice, one count of domestic abuse aggravated assault, one count of second-degree aggravated battery — all felonies — and one misdemeanor count of domestic abuse battery.